PARIS (Reuters) – The sixth installment of spy film franchise “Mission: Impossible”, which sees actor Tom Cruise leap from a navy airplane 25,000 ft above Paris, premiered on Thursday in the French capital.

“Mission: Impossible – Fallout” tells the story of a mission gone improper. Agent Ethan Hunt, performed by Cruise, is hunted by assassins and former allies as he races towards time to stop a terrorist group from frightening a world disaster.

Cruise, who is thought for doing his personal stunts, additionally races a bike helmet-much less by means of oncoming site visitors spherical Paris’ Arc de Triomphe and pilots a helicopter although mountain ravines in Kashmir.

Hundreds of followers queued for hours to see the actor arrive at a movie show near the Eiffel Tower.

“I have been attending Cruise’s premieres for the past six years and it still has the same effect; I am just as happy,” fan Julia Margot informed Reuters.

Cast member Tom Cruise poses for cinema followers as he arrives for the world premiere of “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” in Paris, France, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Cruise informed reporters that filming in the town had typically been troublesome.

“It is always a challenge but I am never afraid,” he mentioned. “I chose to shoot in Paris because it is so beautiful, it is a city of cinema.”

Rebecca Ferguson, returning as Hunt’s love curiosity — a authorities agent despatched to trace his enemies down — mentioned she was comfortable ladies have been concerned in the motion.

“We shouldn’t bring women in films just to create an equality … women need to be there,” she mentioned.

The movie, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, can be launched in film theaters worldwide from July 25th.

The first 5 “Mission: Impossible” films have raked in $2.eight billion on the field workplace, in line with Box Office Mojo, placing it in the highest 20 film franchises of all time.